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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lester do to show the Behrani family that he believes they did not harm Kathy?
(a) He sweeps the floor.
(b) He washes the dishes.
(c) He apologizes.
(d) He fixes their dinner.

2. What does Kathy think her mother will do when she finds out what has happened?
(a) Get her into a rehab clinic.
(b) Demand that she come home.
(c) Rush to California to help her.
(d) Curse her for good.

3. What does Lester see in Kathy's car that alarms him when he arrives at the house?
(a) The car is out of gas.
(b) There is blood on the seat.
(c) The engine is still running.
(d) His gun is missing from its holster.

4. What does Behrani instruct Esmail to do when they go into the boy's room?
(a) Close the blinds.
(b) Crawl out the window.
(c) Run for the door.
(d) Jump on Lester.

5. What does Kathy worry about as she thinks of her own death?
(a) Who will clean for her clients?
(b) Who will tell her mother?
(c) Who will explain to Lester?
(d) How will Frank get the Bonneville?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lester discover through a telephone call to the police station?

2. How does Behrani feel when he has put Kathy to bed?

3. How does Lester know that Kathy doesn't need to go to the hospital?

4. How does Behrani say he feels about his menial job on bad days?

5. What effect does the ruby in Behrani's ring have on Lester?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Lester want to call from jail and what does he plan to say?

2. Behrani says that he sometimes believes he is being punished. What does he think he is being punished for, and how is this similar to Kathy's feelings?

3. When Lester describes his feelings during the drive to the county office, he says it is probably the way felons want to feel all the time. How does he say he feels?

4. Kathy says that she only has one hope now while she's waiting for Lester to return. What does she hope?

5. Lester becomes suspicious of Esmail. What causes this reaction?

6. Why does young Deputy Gleason's expression of gratitude when he encounters Lester on the street make Lester feel worse?

7. As Kathy takes the pills to kill herself, how does her attitude toward the Behranis change?

8. When Nadereh told Lester that her husband was "only good," Behrani believed that she had a different meaning than a positive comment on his character. What does Behrani believe Nadereh meant?

9. When Lester asks Kathy whether she really wanted to die, what does she answer and why is this answer important?

10. Although Lester believes Behrani's story, he becomes angry again when Behrani describes Kathy as "drunk." Behrani is angry at Lester when he sees him studying his photo with the shah. How are these two moments similar?

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